I saw the new Bond movie today, I wasn't impressed *spoilers* [View All]

[Hippo_Tron]

I'd heard rave reviews from both critics and my friends who but it disappointed me. It certainly wasn't the worst bond movie but it had some serious issues.

I'll start with what I liked...

I liked the development of Bond's character that hasn't really been done in previous movies. Making the story more personal was a good twist and I hope they continue to do this in the future movies. Also, I thought the actors gave good performances particularly Judy Dench who I've always liked as M.

What I didn't like...

The movie was not faithful to the Bond franchise in so many ways. There villain didn't have a super weapon with the intent to blow something up, there was no car chase scene with Bond's car shooting missiles. There was no Q in the movie and there were really no gadgets at all. If this were any other Bond movie, Q would've given Bond X-ray sunglasses so that he could see the cards of the other players' cards.

Which brings me to the poker game. People don't play Texas Hold 'Em for $150 million. People with that much money play more exotic games like Baccarat. The Texas Hold 'Em game was obviously put in the movie because everybody knows how it is played except that it missed the poker craze by about two years.

Finally, I didn't dislike Daniel Craig's performance but I don't like the way they've portrayed him as Bond. Pierce Brosnan and all of the Bond actors before him that I can remember had a hairy chest and a gut. Bond isn't supposed to have rock hard abs and chizzled arms. If he did, he'd be spending 5 hours in the gym every day instead of saving the world. They took every opportunity they could to take shots of Bond with his shirt off.

Now I realize that this could be perceived as hypocritical considering that the women in these movies have always been sex objects and the bond girls generally are unrealistically portrayed. But I'd much rather make the women more realistic than turn Bond into a sex object as well.

What did everyone else who has seen it think?